Emergency car-coupling.



E. POSSON.

EMERGENCY OAR GOUPLING.

APPLICATION FILED 001'.7, 1907.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911.

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APPLICATION FILED 0O'I'.7,1907.

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EDWARD POSSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'IO GRAIN BELT CARSPECIALTY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

EMERGENCY CAR-COUPLING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD POSSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and. State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Emergency. Car-Couplers, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide a coupler that can be quicklyapplied to a car when the regular coupler is broken or out of order.

It is a further object of my invention to provide such a coupler thatshall be adapted to coact with the usual automatic couplers on othercars.

These and other objects will be made ap parent in the followingspecification and claims.

Referring to the drawingsFigure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedcoupler. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 shows the coupler appliedto a car.

Reference numeral 15 represents the usual automatic coupling head. Sometimes as the result of an accident or from any cause the coupling headand draw-bar at the end of a freight car 16 may be pulled out and itthen becomes necessary to make some temporary connection between theintact coupler head 15 and the end of the car 16.

My invention consists of a temporary coupler that may be carried in thecaboose of a freight train or on the locomotive, for example, and thatcan be attached to the end of the freight car 16 whenever the regularcoupler thereon is pulled out or broken in any way.

A short timber 17 is provided, and a U- bolt' 18 with nuts 19 is adaptedto bind the coupling head 21 to the timber 17. A shoulder 20 on thecoupling head holds the U- bolt in place. This coupling head 21 has aknuckle 22 integral therewith and adapted to be caught by the movableknuckle 15 of the opposed ordinary coupler head 15. A plate 23 stands upfrom the coupler head 21 and is braced by the webs 24, 25 and 27. A web26 extends horizontally from the main body of the coupler head 21 to theknuckle 22 and the web 25 merges therein and has its end reaching overto the knuckle 22. The knuckle 15 will pass under the web 26, when itengages the fixed knuckle Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 7, 1907.

Patented Nov. 21, 1911. Serial No. 396,271.

22. A pin 28 passing through a yoke 29 engages the link 30 of the chain31 which extends out to a distance and then is brought back andterminates in the eve-bolt 32. An

opposed eye-bolt 34 is attached by the pin 35 to the coupler head 21 anda turn-buckle 33 is adapted to. draw the two eye-bolts 32 and 34together.

In case the draft rigging is torn out or broken on the freight car 16,the emergency coupler shown in the drawings may be employed. The timber17 is placed against the end of the car at its lower edge so that thechain 31 may pass back beneath the car around the king-bolt or otherconvenient part of the car, then the coupling head 15 is made to engagethe coupling head 21 and the knuckle 15 of the former supports thelatter, because the web 26 rests thereon. By drawing up the turn-buckle33 the timber 17 is pressed closely against the car 16 and the emergencycoupler is adapted to withstand bufling stresses as well as pullingstresses.

This coupler is compact and can be easily and quickly applied. It willcoact with an ordinary coupling head on an uninjured car, and thussatisfies the requirement for the use of automatic couplers ininterstate commerce.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, a car body, a transverse beamexterior to said body, said transverse beam resting against the end ofsaid car body, an emergency coupling head, means for attaching saidcoupling to the car body, said emergency head having a horizontal webresting upon a part of the permanent head, a vertical web abuttingagainst said transverse beam, and means securing said beam and temporaryhead together.

2. In a device of the class described, a car body, a transverse beamexterior to said body, said transverse beam resting against the end ofsaid car body, an emergency coupling head, means for attaching saidcoupling head to the car body, said emergency head having a horizontalweb resting upon a part of the permanent head, a vertical web abuttingagainst said transverse beam, a horizontal part extending beneath saidtransverse beam and beneath the car body, and means connecting said beamand emergency head together.

3. In a device of the class described, a car body, a transverse beamexterior to said body, said transverse beam resting against the end ofsaid car body, an emergency coupling head, means for attaching saidcoupling head to the car body, said emergency head having a horizontalWeb resting upon a part of the permanent head, a vertical Web abuttingagainst said transverse beam, a horizontal part extending beneath saidtransverse beam and beneath the car body, and a U-bolt extending fromsaid beam around said emergency head.

4. In combination, a car, a transverse beam exterior to the car body andresting against the end thereof, an emergency coupling head, saidemergency head having a horizontal Web resting upon a part of thepermanent head and having vertical and horizontal portions abuttingagainst said beam, means securing said beam and emergency couplingtogether, a chain secured at its ends to said emergency coupling andpassing around a fixed part of the car, and a turn-buckle in said chain.

EDWARD POSSON.

Witnesses:

ANNA L. SAVVIE, JENNIE A. MACEDWARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

